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– Free speech, fighting words (Neb.), 88:68
– Hacking, unauthorized e-mail access, scienter (Tex. Crim. App.), 88:464
– Judicial recusal, extrajudicial message re government witness (D.C.), 88:225
– Presence of accused, jury selection via e-mail (Wash.), 88:544
– Privacy, SCA does not preclude warrant requirement to obtain messages from ISP (6th Cir.), 88:339; BNA Insights, 88:522

EIGHTH AMENDMENT

– Cruel and unusual punishment

See CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT

– Individualized sentencing, refusal to sever from codefendant did not violate right (11th Cir.), 88:292

ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE

See WIRETAPPING

ENVIRONMENT

– Failure to report toxic leak aboard vessel, continuing crime (6th Cir.), 88:553
– Hazardous waste storage, jury findings re increased fines (1st Cir.), 88:364

EQUAL PROTECTION

– Disenfranchisement of felons, conditional restoration (6th Cir.), 88:161
– Traffic offenses, policy against plea agreements (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 88:70

ESCAPE

– Constructive custody (11th Cir.), 88:435

EVIDENCE

– Best evidence rule, computer database search result printout (9th Cir.), 88:185
– Burden of proof

See BURDEN OF PROOF

– Capital sentencing, prison fight video admissible (S.C.), 88:342
– Confrontation right, nontestimonial business record (Me.), 88:224; (U.S., rev sought), 88:763
– DNA

See DNA TESTING

– Domestic violence, other crimes evidence, due process implications (Ill.), 88:293
– Drug distribution, mandatory minimum sentencing, standard for proving link to death (7th Cir.), 88:293
– Exclusionary rule

See EXCLUSIONARY RULE

– Exculpatory evidence

– – Attorney checklist, ABA resolution, 88:605
– – Materiality of lost evidence (Ga.), 88:642
– – Prosecutor failure to disclose, pattern of Brady violations (U.S., rvs), 88:805; (text), 88:825

– Freedom of association, defendant's Satanism (Tex. Crim. App.), 88:11
– Good character evidence, jury instruction insufficient (Ga.), 88:317
– Guilty pleas, case-in-chief waivers (10th Cir.), 88:566
– Habeas corpus

– – Actual-innocence claim, new evidence (3d Cir.), 88:224
– – State court, evidence not before (U.S., oral arg), 88:207

– Hearsay

See HEARSAY

– Identification

See IDENTIFICATION EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE

– Inextricable intertwinement doctrine, use to permit evidence of other crimes (Iowa), 88:342
– Intimidation of prosecutor, evidence admissible re guilt consciousness (C.A.A.F.), 88:287
– Other crimes

– – Definition of “accused” (7th Cir.), 88:550
– – Third-party bad acts (Ariz.), 88:593

– Presumption that judge disregarded inadmissible evidence (Fla.), 88:139
– Rape

– – Prior accusations by victim (Fla.), 88:779
– – Prior sex acts between spouses (Ky.), 88:11

– Sex offender civil commitment, treatment and possible release (Wash.), 88:164
– Spousal abuse by child pornography defendant (8th Cir.), 88:140
– Statutes of limitations, tolling, collection of evidence abroad (9th Cir.), 88:552
– Sufficiency

– – Capital punishment, aggravating circumstances (U.S., rev den), 88:174
– – Child pornography, temporary internet files (N.Y. App. Div.), 88:142
– – Collateral estoppel, separately tried codefendants (1st Cir.), 88:541
– – Drug trafficking conspiracy (5th Cir.), 88:549
– – Factual sufficiency (Tex. Crim. App.), 88:93
– – Fraud, fiduciary duty of investor adviser (U.S., rev sought), 88:534; (rev den), 88:670

– Victims

See VICTIMS

– Wiretap transcript translations (Ind.), 88:600
– Witnesses and testimony

See EXPERT WITNESSES; WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY

– Wrongful conviction, affirmative evidence of innocence not required (Mass.), 88:348

EX POST FACTO LAWS

– Disenfranchisement of felons, conditional restoration (6th Cir.), 88:161
– Federal sentencing guidelines

– – Crack amendments, career offender receiving departure (7th Cir.), 88:634
– – Plain error, use of amended guideline (1st Cir.), 88:466

– Firearms possession by felon (N.C.), 88:95
– Pardon eligibility under Pa. constitution (3d Cir.), 88:63; (U.S., rev sought), 88:799; (rev den), 88:844
– Sentencing, retroactivity of mandatory minimum threshold (7th Cir.), 88:143
– Sex offenses, satellite-based monitoring (N.C.), 88:117

EXCLUSIONARY RULE

– Arrest warrant

– – Taint mitigated by (8th Cir.), 88:688
– – Taint not remedied by (6th Cir.), 88:111

– Disposal of seized property, good faith exception (8th Cir.), 88:249
– Extraterritorial traffic stops (Miss.), 88:94
– Good-faith exception

– – Cell phone used at time of arrest (5th Cir.), 88:809
– – Erroneous caselaw, reliance on (U.S., rev grant), 88:147
– – Invalidated circuit precedent, reliance on (6th Cir.), 88:640
– – Invalidated statute, reliance on (Kan.), 88:350
– – Overbroad warrant, reliance on (2d Cir.), 88:165

– Identification evidence, driving record of defendant (U.S., rev grant), 88:203; (cert dismissed), 88:815
– Illegal entry, taint removed by later consent (N.Y.), 88:693
– Inevitable discovery, searches incident to arrest (7th Cir.), 88:402
– Knock-and-announce rule violation, evidence suppressed (Fla.), 88:343
– Physical evidence obtained following illegal seizure (8th Cir.), 88:169

EXPERT WITNESSES

– Battered-woman syndrome defense, mental exam by state expert (Ohio), 88:429
– Child pornography, possession of fabricated images (6th Cir.), 88:512
– Confrontation right

– – Forensic lab reports, repeating another's test results (C.A.A.F.), 88:372
– – Sentencing trial (N.C. Ct. App.), 88:217

– Drug courier profile testimony

– – Mental state of defendant (5th Cir.), 88:67
– – Per se ban rejected (9th Cir.), 88:779

– Firearms and weapons, forensic ballistics testimony (Mass.), 88:594
– Homicide, evidence of Asperger's syndrome (Minn.), 88:118
– Rape victim, developmental disability of (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:756

EXTORTION

– Color of official right, candidate for office not public official (3d Cir.), 88:687
– Federal sentencing guidelines, differentiation from blackmail under Hobbs Act (6th Cir.), 88:639
– Inter-union violence, Hobbs Act violation (2d Cir.), 88:369